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Impact on Patients’ Treatment Outcomes of XpertMTB/RIF Implementation for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Follow-Up of a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Clinical Trial

INTRODUCTION: The impact on treatment outcomes of XpertMTB/RIF, a molecular-based test that provides rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin resistance with high accuracy, has not been reported despite its adoption in a few countries. We here report treatment outcomes in a step-wedged cl...

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Autores principales: Trajman, Anete, Durovni, Betina, Saraceni, Valeria, Menezes, Alexandre, Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo, Cobelens, Frank, Van den Hof, Susan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25915745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123252